Malkamaniac wrote:Nabbed Borderlands 2 for 38 bucks at The Exchange this weekend. So far. I enjoy it.

Got a few hours in this now and up to level 7. I played through the original twice and all the DLCs. So far, 2 seems just as good. My two favorite games (RPG and shooter) in one. What's not to like?

OK. Let me ask you a question. I just finished the first playthrough. I am really burned out on the game. Yet, I'm itching to shoot more of those morons running around. Was the second playthrough worth it? Just as fun? Or tedious. Also, did it go quicker than the first one? I mean, this time I wouldn't worry about collecting crap to sell because last time I died, I paid like $4.5 million to get resurrected and I think that's 10% of my current bank account (don't know why they decided to show large sums as 99999999).

Well, as you probably know, the second playthrough is just the same as the first but with better\more unique weapons. Was it woth it? I enjoyed the first trip through more than the second, but I still liked it, a lot, even though there are no real surprises. I have played a lot of games that weren't as fun as the second playthrough.

Played through the first couple missions of TTT. Ran into a couple bugs when I went back to explore the Dead Marshes a bit... also had the game freeze on me partway through the first Aragorn/Gimli/Legolas mission. It seems like you can switch back and forth between the 2 groups, but you can only go so far... for instance, I cannot enter Osgilliath yet, so I have to start playing the other missions. I wasn't really thrilled with the Dead Marshes mission... it was basically 2 parts, but those 2 parts were both long and repetitive. Maybe it will be more interesting to go back and explore...

The Lego Olliphaunts were pretty sweet, btw.

I think it's going to be super fun to go back and explore in this game since it seems like there is every bit as much hidden stuff in the world as there is in the stages themselves. I've found a remarkably low number of mini-kits thus far during the stages... once or twice I've found 2 or 3, but usually it's 1 or 0.

I think I'm just about finished with the initial run through story mode in Lego LOTR. In general, it's been a lot of fun. However, one major disappointment for me is that it seems like Minas Tirirth is limited to the 7th level, and even then, you can't enter the Citadel. I guess it would have been a lot of work to have more of the city, but it would have been amazing to explore.

The Battle of the Pelennor Fields was a little frustrating until I figured out exactly what I was supposed to do to bring down the Oliphaunts. Seems like it would be much easier with 2 players since the other player could concentrate on killing the Easterlings that attack almost nonstop while you're trying to aim Legolas's bow.

It's definitely going to take awhile to get everything... looking forward to exploring more though.

Finished story mode... sitting at 32.8%. Got a bit of work to do. Finishing story mode unlocks Free Play in Middle Earth. It also appears that there is some kind of concept of Night and Day as well, as now when warping to a location, you can select night or day. Haven't tried it out yet, but that opens quite the proverbial can of worms in terms of possibilities when searching for things... I guess that explains why a couple of the items on the map showed crescent symbols when I put the cursor over them. Makes a lot more sense when you can actually switch between day and night.

The map is a difference maker in terms of finding things in Middle Earth itself... every time you find a Map Stone it adds the locations of some things to the map in that area (mithril bricks, side quests, blacksmith designs and characters you can buy). I was able to reach True Adventurer on most of the story missions the first time through, but I generally didn't find a whole lot of the other stuff... usually only a minikit piece or two, occasionally a blacksmith design or a tool.

I was initially disappointed that most of the Minas Tirith story line was excluded (except the battle of course), but as a bonus, once you are in Free Play, you can light the beacons. I enjoyed that far too much, but I just love that scene in the movie... between the scale of the event and the soundtrack... <3

The update sucked hard. i think it took me ~3 hours to update. And then another 45 minutes adding Mii's, television settings, hooking up the remote to my television and satellite box. I played NSMBU for about an hour and loved it--same classic side scrolling deliciousness. The best thing so far is the ability to play on the remote screen during the steelers game so i could play and watch at the same time. Not something you can do with every game, but nice nonetheless. graphics are sharp, anti-aliased, and all around decent.

The browser on the remote and on-screen are pretty awful. just slow and clunky (no finger-swipe zoom like a smartphone). It took about 30 seconds to load yahoo.com.

Jesse wrote:Returned Black Ops 2 after 2 days of playing. Worst FPS I have ever played in my life. Multiplayer is abysmal.

You know what. After Rylan said he liked it, I went on youtube to watch the first 2.5 chapters. It looked fun, don't get me wrong, but I also saw a lot of problems. The game doesn't seem too polished. I saw a guy who's holding into a vehicle, standing on its side ladder (I think), and yet manages to use TWO hands to reload his ammo. WTF. I saw a dead guy on a boat, twisted into a pretzel and stuck right in the floor. You gotta put more care into details like that in this day and age. I didn't like how the story/dialogs were evolving in the early chapters. Then when it came to fighting, after he got off the boat with the injured guy, this one bad dude threw a grenade and all his soldiers jumped on it in sacrifice. Bleh. Then as the 3 guys were escaping, they were just swarmed by the bad guys and the dude was getting shot in the back so badly and still remained somehow OK to fight them. I dunno. On first look, it seemed like a fun, but empty and meaningless shooter. I understand most buy these games for MP, but I'm not much into that. I'm sure I'll play the game sometime soon, but I'm not spending anywhere more than $15 for it. I'll probably just borrow it for the 6 hour single player.

Also, what's with the squirrel-based flying suits? It'd be cool if they only allowed a little distance, but those guys were going like they had jet engines in them. Totally unrealistic. At that point, I just closed the video.

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